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Strong's #5355 - φθόνος

Transliteration
phthónos
Phonetics
fthon'-os
Origin
probably akin to the base of (G5351)
Parts of Speech
Noun Masculine
TDNT
None
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Thayer's
  1. envy
  2. for envy, i.e. prompted by envy
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

φθόνος, ὁ,

ill-will or malice, esp. envy or jealousy of the good fortune of others (Pl. Def. 416b, Arist. Rh. 1387b22), Pi. O. 8.55, etc.; φθόνῳ through envy, Hdt. 3.30, 9.71; opp. εὔνοια, Pl. Lg. 635b; opp. ἔπαινος, Lys. 24.1; ἴσχει ὄλβος φθόνον incurs envy, Pi. P. 11.29, cf. Isoc. 5.68; φθόνον πρὸς ἀστῶν ἀλφάνουσι E. Med. 297; φθόνῳ χρῆσθαι πρὸς τὰ παιδικά Pl. Phdr. 253b; κρέσσων οἰκτιρμοῦ φθόνος better to be envied than pitied ! Pi. P. 1.85, cf. And. 2.6; πρὸς γὰρ τὸν ἔχονθ' ὁ φ. ἕρπει S. Aj. 157 (anap.), cf. OT 382; ἐς τἀπίσημα δ' ὁ φ. πηδᾶν φιλεῖ E. Fr. 294; φ. συνεστιώμενος, of wealth, Secund. Sent. 9; φ. [ἐστὶ] τοῖς ζῶσι πρὸς τὸ ἀντίπαλον Th. 2.45; κατὰ φθόνον A. Eu. 686, Pl. Grg. 457d; σὺν φθόνῳ E. Andr. 780 (lyr.); διὰ φθόνον Philippians 1:15 : c. gen. objecti, envy for, jealousy of, τῶν πεπραγμένων Lys. 2.48; φθόνον δὲ σωμάτων ἕξει θεός i.e. will grudge, deny, A. Pr. 859: c. gen. subj., envy or jealousy felt by another, Pl. Hp.Ma. 282a; also φ. ἐφ' ἑτέροις Plu. 2.39e, etc.; εἴς τινα AP 6.257 (Antiphil.); πρός τινα Luc. Rh. Proverbs 22:1-29 : pl., envyings, jealousies, heartburnings, Isoc. 15.163, Pl. Lg. 679c, 801e, etc. a cause for indignation, a reproach, ἀποκτείνειν φθόνος [ἐστὶ] γυναῖκας E. Hec. 288.

2. esp. jealousy of the gods (cf. φθονερός 1.2), θεῶν φ. A. Pers. 362, Ag. 947; φ. μὴ γένοιτό τις θεῶν E. Alc. 1135: hence abs., τὸν φ. δὲ πρόσκυσον S. Ph. 776; εὐλαβούμενος φθόνον D. 18.305.

II refusal from feelings of ill-will or envy, grudging, φθόνος μὲν οὐδεὶς.. A. Pr. 628; οὐδεὶς φ. or φ. οὐδείς, c. inf., said in granting a request willingly, ἃ τυγχάνω ἀκηκοώς, φ. οὐδεὶς λέγειν Pl. Phd. 61d; οὐδεὶς.. φ. αὐτῷ διελθεῖν αὐτά Id. Sph. 217a, cf. b. Lg. 641d, 664a.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

φθόνος, φθόνου, , from (Pindar and) Herodotus down, envy: Romans 1:29; Galatians 5:21; 1 Timothy 6:4; Titus 3:3; 1 Peter 2:1; διά φθόνον, for envy, i. e. prompted by envy (see διαφθονος B. II. 2b.), Matthew 27:18; Mark 15:10; Philippians 1:15 (Dio Cassius, 44, 36); πρός φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τό πνεῦμα κατῴκησεν (but see κατοικίζω) ἐν ἡμῖν; doth the Spirit which took up its abode within us (i. e. the Holy Spirit) long enviously? (see πρός, I. 3 g.), James 4:5 (but T (WH in second marginal reading) drop the interrogative); see on the passage Grimm in the Theol. Studien und Kritiken for 1854, p. 934ff. (Synonym: see ζῆλος, 2 at the end.)


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** φθόνος , -ου , ,

[in LXX: Wisdom of Solomon 2:24; Wisdom of Solomon 6:23, 1 Maccabees 8:16, 3 Maccabees 6:7 *;]

envy: Romans 1:29, Galatians 5:21, 1 Timothy 6:4, Titus 3:3, 1 Peter 2:1; διὰ φθόνον , Matthew 27:18, Mark 15:10, Philippians 1:15; πρὸς φθόνον ἐπιποθεῖ τ . πνεῦμα (on the meaning, v. R, txt., mg. 1, 2; Hort, Ja., 93 f.), James 4:5.†


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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

";cry out,"; ";shout"; : cf. BGU III. 925.8 (iii/A.D.) μετὰ τὴ <ν > [ ]ν [άγ ]ν [ωσιν ] ἡ βουλὴ ἐφώνησεν · Ἔλλειμμά ἐστιν. . . , and P Oxy XVII. 2110.6 (A.D. 370) οἱ βουλευταὶ ἐφώνησαν · κύριον τὸ κατὰ κῆραν, ";The senators cried,‘ What is on the tablet is valid’"; (Ed.).The word, which is used of the ";crowing"; of a cock in Mat. 26:34 al., gives place to κοκκύζω in the new Rainer fragment (Mittheilungen aus der Sammlung der Papyrus Erzherzog Rainer, i. p.53 ff., ii.p. 411. : cf. Milligan Here and There, p. 123 ff. ).

From the inscrr. we may cite Syll 737 (= .3 1109).108 (after A.D. 178) μηδεὶς δ᾽ ἔπος φωνείτω, and for the meaning ";address"; followed by a nom. of the title, as in Joh. 13:13, see Blass-Debrunner §§ 143, 147.

 


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List of Word Forms
φθονοι φθόνοι φθονον φθόνον φθονος φθόνος φθονου φθόνου φθονους φθόνους φθονω φθόνω φθόνῳ phthono phthonō phthonoi phthónoi phthónōi phthonon phthónon phthonos phthónos phthonou phthónou phthonous phthónous
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